Man With Gun Robs Liquor Store

The husband-wife owners of Picture Liquors, 139 N. Federal Highway, told police the man came into the store at about 10:30 p.m. and asked for a bottle of whiskey.

As the man handed the female owner a $20 bill for the purchase, she put the bottle in a bag and opened the register. The robber then pulled a small- caliber handgun and demanded money, police said.

WOMAN ON ELEVATOR HAS PURSE SNATCHED

A tourist was robbed of her purse Friday as she and her husband stood in a hotel elevator, police said.

The couple, vacationing from Southfield, Mich., told police they were riding the elevator back to their room at Days Inn, 1411 NW 31st Ave., when a man walked up and held the door open.

He then grabbed the woman`s designer handbag and ran out the back of the hotel, police said.

The woman estimated the loss at more than $1,400.

AUTO REPAIR SHOP BURGLARIZED

About $1,450 worth of appliances were reported stolen Saturday from an auto body shop, police said.

The owner of Bill`s Body Shop, 1061 NE First Ave., told police he stayed in the building until 9:30 p.m. Friday and returned Saturday at 10 a.m. to find a color television, a stereo receiver and four paint guns missing.A Deerfield Beach man was arrested Sunday after police said he confessed to stealing a small suitcase of money that belonged to his parents.

Albert Jerome Fulmore, 24, of the 200 block of Southwest First Terrace, was charged with grand theft and was taken to the Broward County Jail.

Police said Fulmore`s mother reported the bag missing Feb. 8 and confronted her son Sunday at his apartment. She alerted authorities after Fulmore admitted taking the money, police said.

Officers recovered $353 of the original $654 in the suitcase.

STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED

A Miami man was arrested Sunday after he was caught carrying a wristwatch reported stolen in a strong-arm robbery, police said.

Glenn Alex Bailey, 25, was riding on the passenger side of a car as it headed to Interstate 95 on West Hillsboro Boulevard, police said. After officers stopped the car, police reported, Bailey got out and the driver sped away.

Bailey as taken to the Days Inn, 1250 W. Hillsboro Blvd., to see whether the victim of the robbery could identify him.

The woman did not recognize the man, police said, but she said he was carrying her watch, which was taken in the robbery. Bailey was charged with possession of stolen property and was taken to the Broward County Jail.Two Miami men were arrested Saturday for selling household cleaners door-to- door without city permits, police reported.

David D. Wilson, 20, and Timothy L. Burgess, 20, told police they were two of 16 sales people assigned to canvass the northern part of the county for Blade Products, a Miami-based company.

Wilson and Burgess were charged with soliciting without permits and were released on $25 cash bonds each, police said.

MAN CHARGED WITH PROWLING, LOITERING

A Miami man, who police discovered soaking wet and walking by a canal, was arrested Sunday and charged with loitering and prowling, police said.

Police said Anthony Frock, 25, was behind a house on Northeast 48th Court when officers saw him shortly after midnight. Frock tried to run away, but police said they found him nearby, hiding in bushes.